Friday, July 31, 2015

Welcome to the entry/laundry room of our 1940's house. As you can see it's so small it only holds the washer. This room is dark and very small! The brown door and panelling does not help. I don't even know the last time it was actually painted. I'm going super simple with the paint. The walls, ceiling, trim and door will be painted white. What is so great about going white is this is from the same paint can I have painted our kitchen. (SAVINGS!!!) I feel white will give it a bright clean feel, with my accent color will be yellow.

August 1 and 2 I will be painting all walls, ceiling, trim, and door.Now as small as this room is I really don't see this taking 2 days more like a few hours. So I am hoping the hubby will help me pull up the tile that is on the floor.

August 8 and 9 I will installing another shelf above my washer, so I have 2 shelves to store stuff. (1940's house have no storage) and I will painting the small table next to my washer a bright yellow. (So far I'm going to have to buy materials for a new shelf and a small can of yellow paint)

August 15 and 16 I will be laying down new tile. My mother bought me a box of peel and stick tile.It was for our bedroom, but we haven't used it yet and it will not take a lot of the tiles.

August 22 and 23 Time to hang the curtains and pictures. And organize everything because The Room is DONE!!!

Monday, July 27, 2015

This past weekend started off great! My hubby and I took my step-sons to a bowling alley Friday night. It was our lasting outing with them this summer before they head back to Austin to get ready for school! We went to Super Bowl in Plano. The hourly rates were good and they had tons of lanes, After bowling the 1st game the boys got the hang of it. We had tons of fun bowling for 2 hours and playing 4 games! My hubby and I planning one of our dates nights out for bowling, he forgot how fun it is!

The next morning I woke up to a hurt/extremely sore back! OH NO!!!

I'm suppose to be at a Tea Party at noon and I knew the condition I was in I was not going to make it, so plans changed my hubby propped me up in bed and we watched T.V. most of the day. It was nice to relax.

Sunday was a hectic day! The boys were leaving from their summer here to go back home to Austin. I had to make sure that all their clothes were washed and everything packed away while hubby went to work.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Well now that we have calmed down from all the summer planning I am back! This week's menu is about fast cooking. It's hot here in Texas and after a long day of work the last thing I wants to do is heat up my kitchen!

Sunday:

Sausage and Potatoes with steamed BroccoliThis is an extremely quick and easy meal to make!

Monday:Crock pot Santa Fe ChickenThis is the new recipe of the week!!!

Tuesday:Breakfast Casserole and a Fruit saladThere is nothing wrong with Brenner! we haven't had it in a long time!

Chicken with Basil Alfredo sauce, Salad and Green BeansThe hubby asked for this to be on the menu this week, I can't say no now can I!I'm not posting our lunches and breakfast because right now we are all on different schedules and wanting different things for those meals. I will be posting every Saturday the recipes and pictures from my Sunday Menus! What's your favorite dinner to cook? Do you find it on your weekly menu more often than not? I would love to here about it, just post a comment below!

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About Me

Welcome to Never in the Kitchen! Hello I'm Donna Ausmus. The name for this blog was thought up by my youngest daughter Abby as a joke; because I'm always in the kitchen. I started this blog because of my love of cooking for my friends and family. From cooking I expand this blog out into crafts, canning, planning/organzing, and budgeting. I love to try new homemade things from cleaning products to new types of bread to make.

My family is always on a budget and I love sharing my ideas for saving money and still having fun! Our family never goes without and we make sure to live well below our mends.

In our 3 bedroom 1 bath (that's right 1 bath!!!) rental house we have a full house! There is My wonderful hubby, My son, James who is just starting college, my youngest daughter Abby, who is in her senior year of high school, me, 2 dogs and we have my step sons, Aidan who is 13 and Landon who is 10 come up to stay with us at least twice a month, and my oldest daughter Victoria who comes to visit from Houston when she can.

This blog is about who I am and how we are always changing as a blended family.